TechNews and Presstime conducted a fax poll in May of operations executives planning to attend NEXPO. We asked what equipment they planned to investigate while in Las Vegas. The top five vote-getters in each production category are charted below.
From left to right:
| Digital Cameras | Advertising Production Software | Archiving Systems | Pagination Solutions | Imagesetters/ Output Devices | |
| # of newspapers responding | 54 | 48 | 46 | 43 | 36 |
From left to right:
| Press/ Ink Control Systems | Offset Presses | Blankets/ Blanket Washes | Press Parts | Automatic Pasters | |
| # of newspapers responding | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 |
From left to right:
| Inserting Systems | Counters Stackers | Mailroom Control Systems | Conveyors | Packaging/
Tying Equipment | |
| # of newspapers responding | 37 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 19 |
From left to right:
| Web Publishing Solutions | Advertising Software | Online Content | Circulation Software | Business Software | |
| # of newspapers responding | 37 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 21 |
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